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Speeding ­p Material Discovery
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Speeding ­p Material Discovery

A new algorithm has been developed to help discover and optimize new thermoelectric materials by tackling quantum mechanical equations without experimental input...

Meet Celeris, the First Interactive Coastal Wave Modeling Software That Runs Faster Than Real-Time
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Meet Celeris, the First Interactive Coastal Wave Modeling Software That Runs Faster Than Real-Time

Newly developed open-source nearshore modeling software runs faster than real-time.

Blockchain Will Be Theirs, Russian Spy Boasted at Conference
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Blockchain Will Be Theirs, Russian Spy Boasted at Conference

Last year, representatives of 25 countries met in Tokyo to work on setting international standards for the blockchain, the technology that was introduced by the...

Motion Sickness a Major Problem with Self-Driving Cars
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Motion Sickness a Major Problem with Self-Driving Cars

Motion sickness could prevent some of the benefits expected from autonomous vehicles.

Stretchable Smart Sensor a Promising Alternative to Painful Blood Tests
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Stretchable Smart Sensor a Promising Alternative to Painful Blood Tests

A new flexible wireless sensor worn on the skin monitors the pH of the wearer's sweat in real time.

Mars Quakes Set to Reveal Tantalizing Clues to Planet's Early Years
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Mars Quakes Set to Reveal Tantalizing Clues to Planet's Early Years

A planetary stethoscope will soon be on its way to listen to the heartbeat of Mars.

Machine Speak: Left to Their Own Devices, Computers Can Figure it Out
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Machine Speak: Left to Their Own Devices, Computers Can Figure it Out

Researchers are using new machine learning techniques to teach electronic devices to share data and communicate with other machines without human assistance.

Bento Browser Makes It Easier To Search On Mobile Devices
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Bento Browser Makes It Easier To Search On Mobile Devices

A new Web browser brings order to complex searches in a way not possible with conventional tabbed browsing.

Researchers 3D-Print Electronics, Cells Directly on Skin
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Researchers 3D-Print Electronics, Cells Directly on Skin

University of Minnesota researchers have printed electronics on a real hand for the first time.

The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch
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The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch

Carmakers have big plans for their next generation of factories: smarter designs, artificial intelligence and collaborative robots building a wide range of vehicles...

Human Brain Gain: Computer Models Hint at Why We Bested Neandertals
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Human Brain Gain: Computer Models Hint at Why We Bested Neandertals

The parallel existence of an intelligent species closely related to us has long fascinated scientists and the public alike.

­.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training
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­.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training

The U.S. Army is creating a virtual duplicate of our planet in which to drill troops.

Move Over, Tupac! Life-Size Holograms Set to Revolutionize Videoconferencing
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Move Over, Tupac! Life-Size Holograms Set to Revolutionize Videoconferencing

Researchers have developed the first truly holographic videoconferencing system, allowing users in different locations to appear before one another life-size and...

CM­ Researchers Create Self-Folding Origami, Try for Pasta That Shapes as it Cooks
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CM­ Researchers Create Self-Folding Origami, Try for Pasta That Shapes as it Cooks

Researchers have created origami that folds itself.

­niverse's First Moments Mimicked with ­ltracool Atoms
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­niverse's First Moments Mimicked with ­ltracool Atoms

Cosmologists think that in its first moments, the Universe ballooned from a subatomic size to bigger than a grapefruit. But testing theories about this period is...

Some Startups ­se Fake Data to Train AI
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Some Startups ­se Fake Data to Train AI

Berlin startup Spil.ly had a problem last spring. The company was developing an augmented-reality app akin to a full-body version of Snapchat's selfie filters—hold...

Applying Network Analysis to Natural History
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Applying Network Analysis to Natural History

Researchers are using network analysis techniques popularized through social media applications to discover patterns in Earth's natural history.

A First for Quantum Physics: Electron Orbitals Manipulated in Diamonds
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A First for Quantum Physics: Electron Orbitals Manipulated in Diamonds

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for engineering optical properties of defects in diamonds,  providing a method of storing information that could be used...

Machine-Learning System Processes Sounds Like Humans Do
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Machine-Learning System Processes Sounds Like Humans Do

Researchers have used a deep neural network to build the first model that can replicate human performance on auditory tasks such as identifying a musical genre....

Future Wearable Device Could Tell How We Power Human Movement
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Future Wearable Device Could Tell How We Power Human Movement

A new technology could one day help tell whether tendon injuries are sufficiently healed for people to resume normal activities.
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